Eastern Washington Gateway
Author: SDP45
Date: 04-14-2008 - 20:48
Gents,
Had the opportunity to catch the EWG at Coulee City today. They had the MRL 260 and the NIWX 8925 for power. Engineer said they had 51 loads to pull from the elevator. The hill outside of Coulee City had him concerned. He wished they had a third unit for the pull and said they might make it up at 7 to 8 mph. He was right on the money. Boy did that SD45 howl as they started up out of town.
Beautiful sunny skies were on order for the day. Wish you all could have been there to see it too.
I suppose this train will go straight to Templins at Ritzville. Right?
Dan